Bizye, Hadrian, 5 unit (CN type 1353)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-119 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Hadrian dated 117-119 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1353. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: City gate flanked by two towers, surmounted by a figure in quadriga.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.61 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- City gate flanked by two towers, surmounted by a figure in quadriga.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΜΑΙ ΝΕΠ ΠΡΕϹΒ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1353
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1353
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 119, nr. 1421
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution